Posted by Joe N. Those of you who watch LOST immediately understand the title of this post, for those of you who don't it actually doesn't matter. I chose the numbers for the title of my post because right now as I'm writing this the premiere of the last season of LOST is on. Normally I would be watching it but I have plans to watch it with one of my friends who is just as obsessed as I am in full HD tomorrow night (if I were to watch it tonight it would only be standard definition). So let's... Continue reading

Posted by Joe N. So this week I'm going to talk about my choice to minor in Psychological in Brain Sciences in conjunction with my major in Neuroscience. Ever since I was in middle school I've always been interested in basically all kinds of science. Once I took Biology in 7th grade I realized that I would end up being towards that end of the scientific spectrum when I got to college. In high school even though many of my courses were focused on engineering I found myself leaning towards science over math, and that made me think that maybe... Continue reading

Posted by: Joe N. This post is going to be kind of short since I'm just going to describe what I've done on winter break so far. But brace yourself because at the end I'm going to have more pictures than I've had in any blog post before. I figured I might as well go through all the pictures I've taken on my phone since I've been home and upload them because they all have some significance. So back when I was at Hopkins the only thing that was between me and winter break was one simple exam in Introduction... Continue reading

Posted by: Joe N. Congratulations Early Decision Admits! I can only imagine how excited you guys must be. I was a regular decision admit so I actually have no idea how you feel, even though I was pretty sure that I wanted to go to Hopkins. So as a special post because of the events that just occurred I'm going to go back to the night when I was notified of my acceptance to Hopkins (even though it wasn't in December) and I'm going to go through what I was feeling up until Move-In day and the advice that I... Continue reading

Posted by Joe N. I'm 100% serious when I say that it seems like just a week ago I was sitting down to write my first blog post for Hopkins Interactive, and now it’s the end of the semester already. It’s currently the reading period and I have never been more confused in my life. During the reading period there are no classes, it’s a time during which you're supposed to be studying for exams. It started on Tuesday and it’s just really weird overall. It's hard to describe because you're still here at college, and you have to study... Continue reading

Posted by Joe N. So one of the questions that we get asked a lot in the forums involves transportation on and around the campus. It make sense because parents want to know how their children can get home on the weekends or holidays and the students want to know exactly how they're going to be able to get around the city and maybe sometimes to other states if they want to visit their friends. In this post I'll talk about transportation on the campus such as the JHMI Shuttle as well as transportation that is near the campus available... Continue reading

Posted by Joe N. So before I get to my main topic for this post which is food on campus I want to talk briefly about the filming which was done on campus last week. So nowadays everyone one knows pretty much what Facebook is even if they don't use it themselves. Some director eventually got the idea to make a movie based upon the founding of Facebook which took place primarily at Harvard University. This director (David Fincher) happened to be the man who directed the Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Game, Fight Club, Se7en, and Alien 3.... Continue reading

Posted by Joe N. So during the course of the past two weekends there were 2 open houses and about 1,300 extra people on campus. Over the course of those two open houses I heard a lot of students and parents ask questions about sports and school spirit. Since both are a key part of Hopkins (more so for some students than others) I thought I'd discuss them briefly. First of all sports at Hopkins are divided into several categories. There is our main sport which is the only Division 1 Sport: Men's and Women's Lacrosse. In case you don't... Continue reading

Posted by Joe N. So judging by the date on my calendar it seems like I'm just about 2 weeks shy of having been at Hopkins for 2 months already. Wow, time here has gone soo fast (especially because over the last week I had midterms in every single one of my classes) but like I said before I've never been bored this whole time. A lot of my friends have asked me what I do with all my free time here and I'm gonna touch upon that real quick before I get to the main point of this post... Continue reading

Posted by Joe N. Hey guys! I'm Joe and I'm (obviously) also a Freshman at Hopkins this year and I'm one of the 8 Freshmen who are going to be writing on this blog. I would also like to welcome everyone to the blog and if you don't find the answers to you questions I invite you to check out the Student Profiles and the Admissions Forums. If you still don't find your answer be sure to contact one of us and we'll make sure your question gets answered. Before I get to the main point of my blog I'd... Continue reading